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Staßfurt, in Saxony-Anhalt, was the epicenter of Germany's nineteenth-century potash mining boom — the first commercial potash mine in the world opened there in 1861. By 1921, the town's notgeld issues were one of thousands flooding a Germany where Reichsbank currency was depreciating faster than it could be printed. Municipal authorities across the country were authorized to issue their own emergency coinage substitutes, and Staßfurt was no exception.

J. P. Himmer in Augsburg was a prolific notgeld printer, handling commissions from dozens of municipalities simultaneously during this period. Volume work, competently executed.